{"id":210271,"date":"2025-01-14T15:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/south-korea-court-begins-impeachment-trial-of-suspended-president-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T15:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:04:54","slug":"south-korea-court-begins-impeachment-trial-of-suspended-president-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/south-korea-court-begins-impeachment-trial-of-suspended-president-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea court begins impeachment trial of suspended president | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TIykp7A6OHI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"South Korea court begins impeachment trial of suspended president | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TIykp7A6OHI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s Constitutional Court has held its first hearing to decide if suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol should be removed from office after his shock martial law attempt last month.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing ended within four minutes because of Yoon&#8217;s absence &#8211; his lawyers had earlier said he would not attend for his own safety, as there is a warrant out for his arrest on separate charges of insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Yoon was suspended after members of his own party voted with the opposition to impeach him.<\/p>\n<p>However he will only be formally removed from office if at least six of the eight-member Constitutional Court bench votes to uphold the impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#SouthKorea #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea&#8217;s Constitutional Court has held its first hearing to decide if suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol should be removed from office after his shock martial law attempt last month. 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